St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-10

10 tne same sort OF transaction. The
note he explained by saying that Will
shire told him that he had to pay for
lot of wheat May l. HE wanted me,''
said Harper, Ito furnish money for this
purpose. | refused. He said | would be
sorry. advised him to sell Nav wheat
and buy June and pay the difference.
He asked me to write a memorandum OF
telegram to that effect, saying Please
change that May wheat have not pro-
vided for to June and July. My princi-
pal has decided, etc. Mr.. Wiltshire
represented to me that he was buying
largely for Cleveland parties, and that
is what | suppose he referred to in the
words My principal" Witness then
asked permission to explain check Of
Wllshlre'S for $4,000 in October, but
was stopped by the court. He was then
asked If it was given for wheat deal.
He answered no; it was given to pay
bonds which Wiltshire had hypothecated
without authority. Here the court again
stopped him and cautioned him to answer
questions, and not go into irrelevant
matters. But he again lapsed os far as
to tell that Wiltshire had gone to Cleve-
land to get help from his brother-in-
law, and come back with nothing, and
later that Wiltshire had mOrtgaged
property for $4,000, and explained to
him that he did so to make good that
sum of money sunk by him in wheat,
taken from his fathers estate. He exf
planned also how he discounted Lewis1
notes at WilShire'S suggestion, andi
after again denying that dollar of the'
banks money or his went into the
wheat deal, went on to
TELL OF THE CRASH:
how Wiltshire and Hopkins followed
him to Romans, where he dined. and
with tears in their eyes begged him to
let them have more money. He had re-
fused Wiltshire that morning. Hopkins
suggested telegraphing to bank in
Chicago to see how much they would
take TO carry the deal through. Hop
klnS sent such telegram to the Amer
lean Exchange bank, Chicago. When
witness returned from dinner he found
telegram on his desk from that bank,
saying that if Wiltshire was there
next morning with 100000 it
would be safe. That was where
kershaw & Co. had their account. He
told how Wiltshire, Hopkins and he
talked the matter over. and decided that
they would save the bank. Hopkins
had letter of credit drawn for 5000. 900,
and four drafts ON the Chemical bank,
OF New York, for 100000. Wiltshire
was afraid to carry the money, lest it be
attached, and it was arranged that Gahr
should go with him. Gahr was in
structed to not give up the money with
out guarantee. Next morning he re-
peated this warning by telegram. and
was answered that it was too late. He
then stopped payment on the drafts.
He became affected at this point, and.
WIPING HIS EYES,
went on to say how he put all his money
INTO the bank to save it, only to see the
other directors walk in and check theirs
out. Only Zimmerman, of all the di-
rectOrS, offered any assistance. Then
the government came in and the end
was reached. Counsel next asked in
detail whether he had ever had or Or
dered any wheat transaction with va
rlous brokers in Chicago, naming them,
ana be returned the same answer. In
February, 1887, he had conversation
with Hopkins about the Irwin, Green &i
Co. matter, and told him he thought
it was dishonest. Here again the court
stopped the witness from detailing con-
About the S2S5,000 transact
ton with the Fidelity bank he had no
whatever until told of it in
jail at Dayton. Hopkins had transact p
tionS through Hoyt with KerShaw e
Co., and he was trying to hedge against
our losses by Wiltshire. Il loaned
money to Hopkins" said the Witness,
land paid drafts for him. but l used my
own money and never took penny out
of the banks funds for this purpose.
broker, and l helped him. This was
paid back and the money went into the
bank. There was also some profit. This
also was hedging operation" The
witness was then examined as to the
assets of the Swift's Iron & Steel works,
the Riverside Rolling mill, the firm Of
E. l.. Harper d Co. and of himself. He
made the aggregate several million dol
lars, and said all of the transactions of
these several firms and companies with
the Fidelity bank were legitimate.
HIS EVIL GENIUS
seemed to have come to him at the very
last. He was now about to leave the
stand. Mr.. Blackburn again asked him
if he had anything to do with Mr.. Hop
kinS' wheat deals through Broker Hoyt.
He answered that he paid Hopkins
drafts, but did it to protect the bank.
Il was interested through Hopkins to
that extent. We wanted first to protect
the interests of the bank and after that
was done, if any profit was loft, it was
to be divided between Hopkins and my
self" A sensation ran through the
court room as these words were uttered.
Mr.. Blackburn, to break the force of the
asked: did you at any time
have any intent in all these transactions.
to defraud the bank or anybody else?''
''None in the world" was the answer.
Miss Matthews at this point was OBJ
served to be in tears. The cross exam
nation was brief and pointed 1t.
brought out the single fact that he pur-
chased certificates of deposit with his
)Wn checks, which were not charged to
MS account. Two or three other wit
lesses, Mr.. Colder. Mr.. Richards and
Mr.. Woodr0ugh, were called mainly to
ell about Harper's assets, but the gov
counsel dismissed most of them
without cross-examinatiOn, or by draw
ng from them damaging testimony.
The only comfort obtained was in the
testimony of Mr.. Marchant, of the First
National bank, who showed that Harper
had large deposits i'll that bank in 1856
md in 1887.
Murdered and Robbed.
NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. "A